US sending Pentagon official Michael Chase to Taiwan within Days: Media
TAIPEI – Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Friday he was “not very certain” about a reported upcoming visit of a senior Pentagon official, a rare trip that would most likely further inflame China-US relations.
The Financial Times, citing sources, said the Pentagon’s top China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Michael Chase, would soon visit Taiwan, at a time of rising military tensions between Beijing and Taipei. Mr Chiu, asked whether Dr Chase would be coming, said “those who are friendly to us” are very welcome.“I won’t explain the details,” he added. “I won’t explain until I get formal notification.”
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Dr Chase would be the most senior US defence official to visit the island since 2019.US military’s shooting down of what it called a Chinese spy balloonChina, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly demanded foreign officials not visit the democratically governed island.
In 2020, a two-star Navy admiral overseeing US military intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region made an unannounced visit to Taiwan. REUTERS
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